Dalcroze with a russian accent! terry boyarsky
Dalcroze Solfège exercises
(Tschaikowsky used this theme throughout his 4th Symphony.) Dalcroze with a russian accent! terry boyarsky
A glimpse of history shines through the music + lyrics of Volga Boatmen. (Here is the most famous depiction of the Burlaki, by Russian painter Ilya Repin.)
Birch trees - the beautiful white bark was used to make shoes. Birch trees are tapped for the sap, which makes a syrup that’s considered healthy.
Singing songs to the Russian Sun (“Yar” or “Yarilo”) - the most important pagan God worshipped in Old Russia.
Mother River, deep and wide - an enormous amount of history is associated with the Volga, and many ethnic groups live on her banks. Dalcroze with a russian accent! terry boyarsky
Russian proverbs show contrasting + complementary rhythm
Повторе́ние--мать уче́нья. Literal: Repetition is a mother of learning. (Practice makes perfect.)
Я не я, и ло́шадь не моя́. Literal: I am not I, and the horse is not mine. (The cat did it!)
Собака лает, но не кусает. Literal: Dog barks but doesn’t bite. (His bark is worse than his bite.)
У́тро ве́чера мудрене́е. Literal: Morning is wiser than the evening. (Sleep on it!) Dalcroze with a russian accent! terry boyarsky
Crusis + Anacrusis:
Век живи́ -- век учи́сь.
Literal: Live for a century - learn for a century. (Live and learn.) Vek zhee-vee, vek u-chiss. \q e q. q e q.\
Рука́ ру́ку мо́ет.
Literal: Hands wash each other. (One hand washes the other.) Ru-ka ru-ku ma-yawt. e \q. e q e q Q \
Vasilisa the Beautiful at the Hut of Baba Yaga by Ivan Bilibin
Some Russian Proverbs in English:
The wise have long ears and short tongues.
A kind word is like a spring day. Dalcroze with a russian accent! terry boyarsky
Using axial + locomotor movement, body percussion + Russian percussion, Kalinka expresses Russian character with its combination of steady beat, lyricism, accelerando and fermata.